Words / A1

SHRIMP/ʃrɪmp/

A shrimp is a small pink sea animal with a shell and little legs, eaten as food. Countable: a shrimp, shrimp or shrimps; some shrimp when it is food on a plate. A prawn is similar but often larger (British menus often say prawns). A crab has two big claws. Mix-up: shrimp vs shrink (to get smaller) — extra k.

Meaning

A small pink sea animal with a shell, eaten as food.

Examples

• “There are shrimp in this salad.”
• “Peel the shrimp before you eat them.”
• “This soup has too much shrimp for me.”

Good to know

a shrimp / some shrimp. Contrast: prawn (often larger), crab (claws). Mix-up: shrink.

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